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Showtime On More 'Twin Peaks': "I Don't Think So, But It's Not Impossible"
Guess we can always hope for Twin Peaks: The Re-Return in 2044…right?
In a statement that's sure to both raise the ire and crush the hopes of Twin Peaks fans everywhere, Showtime CEO David Nevins made it known that the cable giant currently has no plans to revisit the David Lynch/Mark Frost mystery-thriller for a fourth season. Nevins made his comments on Monday night at Television Critics Association's summer press tour event.
"I don't think so, but it's not impossible. [David Lynch and I are] both avoiding the conversation for a while; we want to let the story coalesce and see how people feel at the end. It was always intended to be one season. A lot of people are speculating but there's been zero contemplation, zero discussions other than fans asking me about it."
The road back to Twin Peaks wasn't an easy one for either Showtime or Lynch, taking three years for the show to find its way from announcement to screen. During that time, budget battles with the cable network would result in Lynch dropping off from production; and be a factor in why the show missed its 25th anniversary mark in 2016.
When it was first announced that Twin Peaks would be returning, expectations from the very beginning were that the season would probably not track high with regards to linear ratings (opening with a modest 619,000 total viewers, increasing to 804,000). For Nevins, the show's success was bringing in and keeping new monthly subscribers as well as in increasing traffic to Showtime's alternative platforms like subscriber-aimed Showtime Anytime.
"I'm really happy with the performance. It drove our business in a way that almost nothing else could. It's been interesting and maybe it's a blinding glimpse of how Netflix looks at the world but [it had] a palpable effect on subscribers even though its overall numbers are not as big as our biggest shows. But it's had a very palpable effect on subscribers for multiple months now."
As for when any formal announcement will be made regarding Twin Peaks' future, Nevins warns fans to not expect one any time soon:
"I promise we're not even going to have those conversations until the thing airs, David Lynch has been in France pretty much since the premiere event we had."
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